I am an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Mount Holyoke College. 

My research spans theoretical and applied ethics, philosophy of action, and philosophy of law. I have written about moral responsibility, virtue and vice, and most recently, the ethics of artificial intelligence. 

I'm on the steering committee for Philosophy in an Inclusive Key - Boston (PIKSI-Boston), which hosts a summer institute for undergraduates in philosophy. 

Previously, I was an assistant professor of philosophy at Clark University and a postdoctoral research fellow in philosophy at Northeastern University.  

I was also the project lead for digital ethics and governance at the Jain Family Institute from 2019 to 2025.   

I did my PhD at MIT and BPhil at the University of Pittsburgh.  

You can reach me at ardenali@mtholyoke.edu. 

My office is 215 Skinner Hall.

Department of Philosophy

Mount Holyoke College

50 College Street

South Hadley, MA 01075 USA

RESEARCH

• Manifestations of Virtue in Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics 10 (2020) ..argues that praiseworthy actions should be understood in virtue-theoretic terms even though fully praiseworthy actions needn't issue from virtuous traits of character.